Oedemera (Oedemera) virescens virescens (Linnaeus, 1767)

Ghahari, Hassan, Vázquez, Xavier A. & Kubisz, Daniel, 2017, Annotated checklist of the false blister beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Oedemeridae) from Iran, Zootaxa 4237 (2), pp. 321-334 : 330

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4237.2.6
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:79FA8D88-A1AF-41AD-8C74-7F0F94B2DE90
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6016793
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2051036B-FFD9-D34D-FF31-F3B0FB61FE38
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Oedemera (Oedemera) virescens virescens (Linnaeus, 1767)
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Material examined. Guilan province, Masal, 37°23′N 49°00′E, 2 ex, 26.vi.2013. New for Iran. General distribution GoogleMaps . Azerbaijan ( Kerimova & Huseynova 2014), China, Europe, Japan, Russia (Far East and Sakhalin) ( Švihla 2008a).

Chorotype. Asiatic-European.

Comments. Larvae feed on the root collar and lower part of the stem of perennial plant species, particularly those in the genera Senecio , Aconitum , Helianthus , Typha and Eupatorium . Adults appear in April and are observed until August on flowers of different plants of the families Apiaceae and Asteraceae ( Kubisz 2006) .